DPS Ranchi and the US Consul General in Kolkata Craig l. Hall on Friday agreed upon to work in unison in order to provide maximum benefits to the students and teachers of the school by giving opportunities available for educational and cultural exchange, including teachers’ training whereby teachers from DPS, Ranchi could go for a short period to teach and work with the students in the US and also to invite teachers from the USA to do the same in DPS, Ranchi.
With an objective to make students aware and provide them with broad perspective of the opportunities available in the universities of the USA to pursue higher studies, Craig l. Hall along with his team visited DPS Ranchi for an interactive session with the students of DPS, Ranchi as well as other 20 schools. Students of classes XI and XII were a part of the session.
During the Interactive Session, the students asked several questions which they had in their minds like career options available in the US, about scholarships, about Visas, whether going abroad will be beneficial before or after Graduation, etc.
Hall, on this occasion, inaugurated a Centre for Overseas opportunities in DPS Ranchi to execute the terms of agreement.
They also agreed to work with other schools in Ranchi whereby DPS, Ranchi could act as a contact point and be facilitator between the US Consulate and various educational institutions in Ranchi and Jharkhand.
Besides, the school also vowed to work in collaboration with the US Consulate in Kolkata in areas of human trafficking and other social causes of interest.
Students from almost 20 schools of Ranchi which included VVPS, Surendranath School, Sarala Birala, loyola Convent, DAV Nageshwar, Kairali School, SSVM attended the programme along with their teachers. Approximately 40 students from Zila School also attended the session. The whole idea of the programme was to give an insight to the students of the opportunities for higher studies in US.
A power point presentation regarding AFS, a programme which has an essence of ‘Stay and Study’ in a different cultural setting along with YES program, a programme which recognized the importance of youth exchange as a key to building bridges between citizens of USA and countries around the world, particularly those with significant Muslim populations and to grant them scholarships for one academic year in the US was shown to the students.
In his welcome speech, DPS Ranchi Principal Dr Ram Singh shared a few notable achievements of the school and thanked the stakeholders of the society for the immense growth of the school.
“According to me, the International exposure to the students about the opportunities available in the US universities for pursuing higher studies might have set minds of the students in motion and will undoubtedly be beneficial for them in near future. In this world of Globalization, it is my prime concern to nurture the students to be Global Citizens from elementary stage,” added the Principal.
Among others who attended the programme included Anurag Gupta, ADGP, Jharkhand Police, Dr. B. B. Agarwal, Pro- Vice- Chairman of DPS, Ranchi, K.B. Bhargav, Principal, DPS, Dhanbad, Abhishek Kumar, Principal, DPS, Gaya, K.D.Singh, Principal, DPS, Jamshedpur, and other Principals from Ranchi Sahodaya School Complex, including Rajan Verghese, Manoharlal, S.D. Singh, S.K.Mishra and P.K.Thakur.